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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-27
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927
English
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1908-03-14
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-11
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-08-28
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-03-27
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927
English
President Roosevelt thanks John St. Loe Strachey for his letter and comments that both of them agree with the great questions between Great Britain and the United States. Roosevelt worries about the rise of socialism in Britain. He also discusses issues of immigration, particularly comparing the race riots in Vancouver, Canada, with those in San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-09
President Roosevelt enjoyed reading John St. Loe Strachey’s letter and reacted with a hearty laugh to the ‘ghastly donkey’ anecdote. He agrees with Strachey on the Indian matter and believes Strachey should be able to meet with General Leonard Wood in the fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-14
President Roosevelt tells Spectator editor John St. Loe Strachey that he is embarrassed of the way that former Ambassador Bellamy Storer has behaved in the press as of late, but that he ultimately stands by all sentiments he gave in the letters that have been made public. The president muses on the details surrounding the recent controversy regarding the exclusion of Japanese children from San Francisco schools, as well as his proposed plan for the United States and Japan to keep their laborers out of one another’s countries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21
President Roosevelt appreciates the Spectator article and hopes John St. Loe Strachey can visit the White House in the near future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt comments on John St. Loe Strachey’s editorials on Roosevelt’s attempts as governor of New York, as president, and as a political figure to “strengthen the bonds of good will, regard, and sympathy” between the United States and England. He also talks on his former statements about the office of the presidency – how, if he had explicitly stated that he did not believe in a president’s holding a consecutive third term, then all his enemies would have believed he was announcing his bid for a second term before the first had finished. Likewise, Roosevelt believes that he could not honorably back out of his current presidential campaign due to a desire for moderate progress akin to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, William Pitt, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and the Whigs of the reform bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt wants to make sure John St. Loe Strachey knows his opinions personally. He admires Strachey’s articles on arbitration treaties and wrote a similar article, which he encloses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-04
In response to a clipping Roosevelt was sent, he sends John St. Loe Strachey two articles he has written about his stance on the topic of general arbitration treaties, specifically relating to Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-14
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased with the review of his book in The Spectator and would like to know who wrote it. He felt the review was well-written and he wants to tell the author so. Roosevelt wishes he could see John St. Loe Strachey and is very interested in English politics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-06
Theodore Roosevelt received John St. Loe Strachey’s letter after Roosevelt published his article on “hyphenated Americanism.” He congratulates Strachey on his son-in-law’s military service. He informs Strachey that he will never again run for public office, but will continue speaking and writing while the World War is ongoing and will then retire.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-09
Theodore Roosevelt sends John St. Loe Strachey a copy of what he has just written for the Metropolitan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, that he is mistaken in believing that the American public will acknowledge Roosevelt as a leader again. Roosevelt does, however, believe that what he has said will influence public opinion and they will see that his position was right. Roosevelt sends two of his articles about the Lusitania disaster to Strachey, which were and are still not popular. Roosevelt sends his regards to Strachey’s daughter and wife and is glad their house has become an emergency hospital. Roosevelt will write James Bryce expressing his approval of Bryce’s report on German atrocities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt comments on a recent statement by James Bryce, which he believes gives justification to those in the United States who support President Woodrow Wilson’s administration and its pacifist stance toward the war in Europe. Roosevelt has advocated for America to act in defense of Belgium’s neutrality, not for her to stand with England. Although he believes in the friendship of America and England, he has not hesitated to stand for America’s rights when necessary. Wilson’s administration, while speaking of neutrality toward England and Germany, has through its policies and words lent aid to Germany and against the Allies. Roosevelt believes that Bryce’s statement has given support for this stance and done great harm to the Allied cause in the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-23
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that John St. Loe Strachey liked his book, America and the World War. He appreciates that Strachey loves the United States but understands this affection pales in comparison to the love Strachey feels for his own country. Roosevelt believes this is the attitude everyone should take. In the book, Roosevelt wanted to be just towards Germany but he feels that Great Britain was in the right. However, he warns against antagonizing the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-22
Theodore Roosevelt sends his book, America and the World War, to John St. Loe Strachey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt compliments John St. Loe Strachey on a recent editorial, but wishes to offer his own evaluation of John Flammang Schrank, the man who attempted to assassinate him. Schrank, Roosevelt says, was not a madman, but “was a man of the same disordered brain which most criminals, and a great many non criminals, have.” Roosevelt does not necessarily have any negative feeling towards Schrank, but instead focuses on the people who, “by their ceaseless and intemperate abuse, excited him to action, and against the mushy people who would excuse him and all other criminals once the crime has been committed.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-16